I sat up in my bed, heart racing.

My feet fell to the floor and I began pacing.

The house was quiet, empty, and wide,

But it also gave me a safe place to hide.

I wondered what happened the night before,

Wondered what happened when I had hit the floor.

I saw no one I knew as I walked through the town.

Despite that, they all greeted me with a frown.

They whispered under their breath insane t...

Other’s call me a know-it-all, but I don’t know anything.

I can give information, but you will not know how much of it is true.

I can learn, but can easily lose my progress.

I have a bit of everything, but if I had to focus on one thing, you would lose me.

You may be wondering what my name is, dear reader.

I know you have heard it before.

The know-it-all who knows nothing at all is none ot...

It had been fifteen years since the sun had last risen.

There had been no more smiles or water that glistened.

There had been no more picnics or long days at the beach.

There had been no more days where hope was within reach.

Others found this change hard, but not I.

For all I had to do was yell out a cry.

This cry went for my daughter, a girl with red hair.

Her eyes were brown and her ski...

She gazed over the living with hollow eyes.

Her white cloak dragged behind her in a long, white trail.

Mist curled around her fingers like rings.

She sat on a concrete coffin laced with roses.

You thought you knew this woman, but no.

The woman you knew is a dream.

A fairytale.

Now, it’s time for you to meet the real Snow White....

When I stepped out of the cave, the first thing I noticed was the warmth.

Heat wrapped around my skin like a blanket. It tingled as though little ants were marching up and down my arms and neck.

Once my eyes adjusted from the dark, I saw the color. Bright blue skies, dark green forests, even the small bits of purples and reds from the people below.

I tried looking at the source, but it burned....

I don’t know why I’m being told to do this. I’ve never actually written in a diary before, or written anything about my personal life for that matter. It seems stupid. But, here I am, withering in this cell. So, here it goes.

My day started off perfectly fine. I woke up, fed my dog, ate breakfast, all that stuff. I started on the finishing touches on the lecture I was going to teach tomorrow. The...

I stared out into the sea of red and white. These little…things were moving around—I couldn’t tell you what they were. They were picking up pieces of my ship and moving them around. I shivered and felt the whole ground quake.

I can’t understand what they’re saying. They speak words foreign to what we learned in preparation, these little reds. Maybe if I attempted to communicate, they would unders...

It didn’t surprise me that the tourists didn’t know the paintings were fakes. They all looked either really young—maybe in their early twenties, still fashionable—or elderly. They either didn’t know or didn’t care.

I, however, did. Art is what brings the world to life. It’s been my passion since I was a young child. I devoted my life to it.

One of the paintings, bearing a group of women in the w...

I slammed the closet door shut as Eddie walked in.

“Hey babe, how was work?” He kissed my cheek.

“It was good, as per usual.” My heart pounded in my chest, knowing that I hadn’t called into work today. If they contacted Eddie about it, he didn’t reveal anything.

“Do anything fun?”

I felt Jonathan’s presence from the closet like a heavy weight on my shoulders. “Nope, just what we did every day....

I stared at the bookshelves in my room that filled the walls. They were stuffed to the brim with books, all of which I had adored throughout my childhood.

I stroked the spines of some of my favorites, which were primarily fantasy. I got to visit magical worlds, only to be taken away from them the moment I closed the last book.

I didn’t expect to find myself emotional, but I still felt tears prick...